The sense of agency: A philosophical and empirical review of the "Who" system

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-19

  De Vignemont, F ^a,c   Fourneret, P ^b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

Author keywords

Action awareness; Action monitoring; Agency; Delusions of control; Neuropsychology; Philosophy of mind; Self

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ANOSOGNOSIA; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING;

EID: 1342312271     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8100(03)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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